Cadbury

[ kad-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈkæd bɛr i, -bə ri /

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noun

a Neolithic and Iron Age site in Somerset, England, traditionally the Camelot of King Arthur.

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Words nearby Cadbury

cadastral, cadastre, cadaver, cadaverine, cadaverous, Cadbury, CAD/CAM, caddice, caddicefly, caddie, caddie car

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How to use Cadbury in a sentence

If you anticipate a glut of Easter candy creme eggs, a la Cadbury, you can emulate the brilliant Nadiya Hussain.
How to transform leftover bread, cake and cookies into exciting new treats|Becky Krystal|December 20, 2021|Washington Post
The company traces its origins to a British firm founded in 1903, and it was once a unit of Cadbury Schweppes.
How SodaStream Took on the Super Bowl—and Lost, Then Won|Daniel Gross|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From Peeps to Cadbury eggs, The Daily Beast ranks the 25 most calorific candies.
Most Fattening Easter Candy|The Daily Beast|April 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, CEO and chairman of the chocolatier, agreed to chair it.
How Boards Are Destroying Corporations|David Zweig, John Gillespie|January 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The foundering Kraft buyout of Cadbury is the latest example of how corporate boards are costing us trillions.
How Boards Are Destroying Corporations|David Zweig, John Gillespie|January 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
So, Kraft just sold its highly profitable frozen pizza brands to Nestlé for $3.7 billion cash to toss onto the Cadbury pile.
How Boards Are Destroying Corporations|David Zweig, John Gillespie|January 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The college living of North Cadbury, in Somerset, was presented to him in 1643, and shortly afterwards he married.
Bygone Beliefs|H. Stanley Redgrove
An interesting excursion may be made to Cadbury Castle, five miles north of Sherborne.
Wanderings in Wessex|Edric Holmes
Cadbury, it seems, was occupied mainly in the Celtic period, before the Roman conquest.
Roman Britain in 1914|F. Haverfield
Then Cadbury thumped him on the back, and Hallett and Bacon fairly forced him to his feet.
Jack of Both Sides|Florence Coombe
"Suicide while temporarily insane," put in Cadbury, covering his mouth with his hand.
Jack of Both Sides|Florence Coombe

British Dictionary definitions for Cadbury

Cadbury

/ (ˈkædbərɪ) /

noun

George. 1839–1922, British Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. He established, with his brother Richard Cadbury (1835–99), the chocolate-making company Cadbury Brothers and the garden village Bournville, near Birmingham, for their workers

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